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I have a Canon Powershot S3 IS and I am very interested in taking pictures of the northern lights. Is there a particular lens I need to do this? Im also trying to learn the best way to take normal nighttime shots.

Well, where are you located first of all? Your going to need to be close or above the 60th parallel (Near the yukon border in Northern BC) And it's going to have to be fall/winter (October, november, december, thru till even february will be fine) They usually come out as early as 9:00 (lucky) to 12 or 1 in the morning (typical). Now I have a Nikon D40x which is an SLR (single lens reflex) which has interchangable lenses, and the way i'm studying your camera, you don't really have a choice in changing the lens, unless I missed something. You don't really have to change lenses to get pics of the lights though. You just have to have the right exposure (how long the shutter is open) and aperture (how open the shutter is, the more open, the more light, and vice versa) settings. Now, when I took mine, my settings I personally recomend are:
-Daylight White Balance
-ISO 400 (can be lower or higher depending on sensitivity of your camera)
-F/4.0, 30-40 seconds or F/2.8, 15-20 seconds
-Histogram enabled
-Low LCD brightness
These settings got me some good pictures, but be careful with the exposure time since stars have a nasty habit of getting trails on them past or at 30 seconds! These settings can also apply to taking general nighttime exposures as well, just play around with them a bit. (that's the nice thing about digital, you can just look at how the pics came out!) Just remember, bundle up when taking pics of the northern lights, they can dazzle you, but you can be for sure you be dazzled when you come in to frostbite from -30 temperatures! Good luck, and most of all, have fun!!!

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